Sore Experience with Jobs in US and Alternative for Sponsorship
Some
facts that will be helpful which I have learned the hard way, if you
are looking for jobs and need to be sponsored for work visa or looking
for higher studies and do not know what to pursue. I have a solution
that has been explored my many but many fresh grads are not aware off.
First let me tell you how i landed up here:
I
have learned it the hard way, I came here a few years back to pursue my
MBA and work in the same field. I started pursuing my MBA, worked my way
through good grades thinking that would help me land up in my relevant
field of work. Excited about getting into the real world, had no
business background before this whatsoever, so I finished my MBA in
Finance. Started applying for jobs in the same field soon after
graduation. Applied for entry level positions and internships as i had
no experience. It turned out that internship are for undergrads in most
of the cases - companies only consider an MBA student for internship
only when he/she is in the first year and still studying. No one ever
told me that not my counselor or any of the professors.
Anyway
I started applying for entry level positions that required a minimum
of 1-3 yrs of experience. I wondered why no company responded back for
scheduling an interview, I used references from those companies which i
will tell you in my future blogs on how to connect to people and get
their references. So, when I started using references I got to know the
reason for not being accepted for those positions. I needed sponsorship
and companies usually do not sponsor people for entry level positions. I
looked and looked but no results, so i finally quit that and looked for
other routes to start working. Well the best way I found was to get
into IT cum business/non technical jobs for example : Business
Analysis,Quality Assurance etc., that to some extent can be linked to
your business degrees.
There
are thousand of consultancies who would be willing to sponsor your work
visa. They utilize your OPT (Optional Practical Training) duration to
find you contract jobs and file for your work visa after your OPT
completion.So there is a very simple logic behind how this consulting
job works.
Example:
A 'Contractor' (YOU) are hired by a 'Client' (DELL, MACY'S,
APPLE,GOOGLE,Blue Cross Blue Shield etc.,) to render services to them
for a certain duration based on the 'Project' (Enhancement or effort to
create a new application for their business growth) and you represent
your 'Employer'(Consultancy you choose to work with and allow to sponsor
for your work permit) when you work at the Client location. Your
employer is liable for your pay, benefits etc, and not your client. The
Client pays the amount negotiated with your employer for your services,
your paycheck goes to your employer, he takes a chuck of your pay every
month for providing you the training, for filing your work permit and
finding you that job and pays you the your share of the pay check for
your work.
I know there are many questions at this point that may have come to your mind :You must be wondering how do you get this contract job when you have no experience in IT or anything related to technology?
A
funny fact ' You know, your employer knows it but not your Client that
you have 0 experience ' and because you are contracted they do not
really dig deep on how long you have been working other than the resume
that is submitted to them which shows you have an experience anywhere
between 5 - 10yrs .
Now you must be thinking this is insane how do I clear my interview if they have shown that kind of experience ?
Well that is where Proxy interviews come into picture (only if it is a
phone interview which in most cases is ). Some one else takes your call
and gets you through the interview.
The
biggest test is when you get on the job you have to really learn fast.
Try to gather as much information as you can, find someone at work who
does the same job as you do to guide you on how to deal with situations.
Be smart to ask him questions without confronting him that this is your
first job. People have been surviving and working this way for over a
decade now. Everyone in consulting starts the same way so here you go,
one good way to start making some good money and be sponsored.
Note:
If
you really think you would be willing do to it this way . I have the
right person to contact to help you with the sponsorship and get you
placed in these positions. These guys are really good at what they do.
Contact :
Ranbeer
hr@zarfit.com
or
Zain
recruiter@zarfit.com
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